Weekly news articles will be linked here which need to be responded to in your own words and turned in on turnitin.com. No late work is accepted as you will have a week week time frame to complete these responses.
Weekly Articles will be posted and you will have one week to read and respond to them - not summarize them. There will also be some questions to help stimulate your response.
11/9 Article: due 11/16 - the computer does not accept late work!
As we are coming to our topic on Earth history and fossils, the following link is an interesting article on Fossilized Forests: Fossilized Forests - Post response on turnitin.com
Response Prompts for this week:
In what ways might global warming affect daily life in the area where you live? See 42explore.com/globewrm.htm (eduScapes).
Could polar bears, white hares, or mosquitoes have lived in the Arctic when it was warmer? Why or why not?
Why is the Arctic especially important when scientists study global warming and its possible effects? See www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/qthinice.asp (Natural Resources Defense Council).
11/16 Article- due 11/23 - the computer does not accept late work! Please post on turnitin.com Tar Pits - South America
Possible Response Prompts:
Why do scientists care about what animals roamed Earth thousands or even millions of years ago?
Explain why you would like to observe scientists extracting fossils from one of these tar pits — or why you wouldn’t. Pick an answer that doesn’t involve: “Because it’s yucky!”
What might the fossils suggest about evolution and where particular families of species come from?
11/30 - Due THURSDAY 12/4 - BEFORE HOLIDAY!!
Read the following link: Big Discoveries about Little People - what can fossils tell us?
Possible Response Prompts0 if you need them. (Don't just answer them but write it into a response):
Which animals are most closely related to humans?
What can scientists learn from fossils?
Or these:
Why might the hobbits have gone extinct?
How is the discovery of a new human species different than discovering another animal species?
Why would scientists consider the hobbit to be the most important discovery in anthropology in 50 years?
Humans vary in appearance, but we are all considered the same species. What makes hobbits a different species? In general, what distinguishes closely related species from one another?
Why do you think scientists found the hobbit bones in a limestone cave? Where else might you look for bones of ancient humans?
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Weekly news articles will be linked here which need to be responded to in your own words and turned in on turnitin.com. No late work is accepted as you will have a week week time frame to complete these responses.
Weekly Articles will be posted and you will have one week to read and respond to them - not summarize them. There will also be some questions to help stimulate your response.
11/2 - Article:
Caffeine
Response Prompts
Due 11/9 - no late work accepted - it's a computer!!
11/9 Article: due 11/16 - the computer does not accept late work!
As we are coming to our topic on Earth history and fossils, the following link is an interesting article on Fossilized Forests:
Fossilized Forests - Post response on turnitin.com
Response Prompts for this week:
- In what ways might global warming affect daily life in the area where you live? See 42explore.com/globewrm.htm (eduScapes).
- How is something being petrified different from being frozen in ice? Which process leads to better preservation? See geology.about.com/od/fossilstimeevolution/a/aa_oldDNA.htm (About).
- Could polar bears, white hares, or mosquitoes have lived in the Arctic when it was warmer? Why or why not?
- Why is the Arctic especially important when scientists study global warming and its possible effects? See www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/qthinice.asp (Natural Resources Defense Council).
- What is petrified wood? Where in the United States can you find petrified wood? See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrified_wood (Wikipedia).
11/16 Article- due 11/23 - the computer does not accept late work! Please post on turnitin.comTar Pits - South America
Possible Response Prompts:
11/30 - Due THURSDAY 12/4 - BEFORE HOLIDAY!!
Read the following link: Big Discoveries about Little People - what can fossils tell us?
Possible Response Prompts0 if you need them. (Don't just answer them but write it into a response):
- Which animals are most closely related to humans?
- What can scientists learn from fossils?
Or these: